Hopefully by July 4th of 2011 we’ll have a full crop of veggies from our backyard organic garden to grill up! Last year only yielded a couple of green peppers and some tomatoes. Not much quantity, but there was a lot of quality!! lol

Carpooling is very important so I have done my best to organize as many carpools as possible in order to get people to my house.

Buying in bulk is also a good idea. I did most of my shopping at Whole Foods and BJ’s this year. I also ordered a keg of beer instead of using cans and bottles. You can’t beat the better taste, having it be cheaper and less waste!! Kegs are able to be reused many times over by the brewery.

Using propane instead of charcoal. Less emissions but I only wish I had a nice natural gas grill!!!

Borrowing close relatives’ utensils and plates for the day. Instead of wasting money on plastic forks, knives and plates which we thrown out at the end of the day, I have asked a few close relatives to bring some tableware over. At the end of the day, a quick spin in the dishwasher and back in thier hands.

Home grown salads. What’s better than making a big, hearty salad that is all, naturaly grown, right next to the table it is served on!!!

Hi! Charcoal makes the roast taste and smells good but it will turn the food cargenic due to chemical changes and other harmful chemical that was emitted from burning charcoal in addition it add up CO2 in the atmosphere adding the severity of global warming

This coming up 4th July will be the same challenge for me since the past for 4 years.
I will be at work but in setting up a 10 years future plan; I think that the next 4th of July 2010 I will aboard Charles or Hudson river to celebrate under night Stars.

you should go to the charles river in boston…watch/listen to the boston pops at the hatch shell, and then watch the fireworks. it’s pretty sweet! The Boston Pops also have a “practice show” on Friday, July 3rd and they go through all their “songs,” I imagine that would be sweet too!

Well, we aren’t making a big hoopla or anything inviting tons of people this year, but we are forfeiting the fireworks and the barbeque to spend a day hiking along the conservation trails and hopefully kayaking too.

I work at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, and we are LITERALLY going green! Every year, we participate in the parade in clothes that we make out of false skunk cabbage, chanting and playing random instruments – some real and some grass kazoos. It’ll be a blast. :]

I will be adding a green insulating product for home or business structures to the other environmental services I already do. This product can save up to 50% utility savings, is Eco-Friendly insulation, carries a Class A Fire Retardant, and can reduct outside noise up 80%

I will eat on paper plates and cups and plastic forks and i will tell everyone i know that you are lying about global warming and climate change i think ill cut down some trees and have a bon fire and shoot off some fireworks

and global warming is true, it’s just not a simple fix or as bad as Al Gore thinks it is. Don’t worry, the earth will cool again and we’ll have another ice age…and people will complain that it’s too cold!

I’m confused. I went to Glacier National Park and was told that our last ice age was some 4,000,000 years ago and the ice was one mile deep. Most all of that ice melted before we got to the industrial age, indicating that mother nature is at work here far more powerfully than mankind.
“Oh, but the ice is melting faster now.” Maybe, but I seem to recall from my chemistry classes that a substance (e.g., ice) will hold the same form for a long time as it goes through a temperature change (e.g., say from 25-degrees … up to 32-degrees), before it will change form from a solid to a liquid. So again, maybe it is just the laws of nature at work more so than what man has been / not been doing.
All that being said, I still try to make sure everyone in my household adheres to the **reduce**, reuse, recycle.

Well it’s important to remember that the ice in the center of a glacier will be a lot colder than the temperature of the ice at the edge of a glacier.

Therefore, yes once the temperature of edge ice gets to that certain point, it will change for a solid to a liquid, leaving behind it, new edge ice ready to be warmed up.

tamara
Jun 30, 2009 @
13:48:43

wow anti tree hugger,

you really went out of your way to post a comment like that… what are you doing on this website in the first place?
I don’t go to your lame and under-educated “global warming.. don’t believe it” sites. you stay on your delusional trip that denies all human activities effects on the planet, and we’ll keep to our job of cleaning up your mess.
Thanks and have HAPPY 4th!!

We usually stay at home, no fireworks, just those loud horns! Or join those 4th of July parties, that way, we won’t have to use our own fireworks and no need for other hassles like preparing our own food & stuff!

I like this whole new green concept that is going around. It’s about time that people started realizing that they need to change their ways for the better. We will celebrate July 4th and cheer to good health.

We had no fireworks up here after the Schultz fire. That area sadly is flooding now.

How did I go green. Rode my bike downtown for the parade and enjoyed the arts and crafts in park. Lots of cheering for the firefighters. Doesn’t seem like exercise when I ride to the parade. I’m riding to the post office more now, too.

First of all, we always stay home. We encourage our visitors to carpool or bike if closeby. We use regular dishes and buy all foods and supplies in bulk. We even encourage our guest to bring Camping Tents and camp in the yard or woods.

We usually stay at home, no fireworks, just those loud horns! Or join those 4th of July parties, that way, we won’t have to use our own fireworks and no need for other hassles like preparing our own food & stuff!

I’ve done something like this in my own backyard. I took Some left over Auto Glass (specifically Windshields) and created a bit of a greenhouse in to cover many of my plans and herbs i have been growing. I’ll keep all updated on the progress – Hopefully it works!

Roasting those home grown organically grown sweetcorn and peppers, lettuce and more over a well controlled BBQ. Never mind, at least your garden and grounds (as well your regular domestic lighting) can be low carbon ‘green’ illuminated using 12v dc low energy lamps.

Dads, take the kids on a hunting, fishing or camping trip in the high country. This is not only an opportunity to bond with your children but it’s also a way to beat the summary heat camping out near a peaceful cool mountain stream:)
See you there:

NOTICE:
By swapping incandescent bulbs for compact fluorescent can cut a home electric bill. BUT and this is a big but when the CFLS go bad don’t put them into the garbage they contain mercury, which will not be good in the drinking water.
Also we bought six electrical power strips/ with off switch we shut the power flow to TV’s, Computers, Printers, Microwave, when not in use, save (money) wattage at night.
You can save up to 25% of the billable electricity consumed in homes and businesses which is non-productive and unusable, (source U.S.Dept of Energy).
GO GREEN

By forgoing the meat and buying local! By switching out the meat, we can reduce our carbon footprint by 50%. The World Watch Institute reported in 2009 that livestock accounts for over 51% of greenhouse gases. Not to mention, a vegetarian lifestyle is quite healthy and tasty, too!

I was going to drive to go see fireworks then changed my mind and watched them from home from my window as everyone in the neighborhood was doing their own fireworks show. I also drank lots alkaline foods and alkaline water.

By organising a heap of weddings! I know it may sound like a fun way to spend the 4th of July, but many couples are also very conscious of the enviornment these days so many events are tailored on using less energy, through the effective use of candles, low lighting etc. It’s fantastic, and some couples are even offsetting some of their carbon footprint.

I believe in this statement “Go green.” But not only go green , rather I would say “Go green with Hydroponics.” I always use vegetables grown up with help of hydroponics which has a better quality and bigger yields.

I think I would just eat less in order to reduce the total consumption of food (At least I can try, though it wouldn’t matter to many people) which would obviously lead to less manufacture of food products and thus making the planet more green.

I know, long shot but if everybody thinks like me, then it is more than a possibility.

A great way to be green on the 4th of July is to go for a bike ride with the whole family. We need to promote alternative modes of transportation as much as possible! Cars are a huge danger to our health as well as that of the planet.

I promote energy efficiency as the most American and patriotic activity every day. regardless of global warming, we must shake the chains of energy dependence on corporations so that we can take care of ourselves and not have to rely on others!

Well, I know it’s maybe too late to answer the question of the week, but I figured I’d share our red, white, blue, and green custom. We take all out leftover bottles and run them through a crusher, mix them with a clear epoxy, and mold them into our own art glass that we put up as shower doors, light fixtures, etc.

I realize this was posted last year but for July 4th this year, I became vegetarian. Lots of news reports showed that the meat industry produces more greenhouse gases every year than all the cars in the world combined!! so I became veggie and have stuck to it ever since. but it doesn’t end there, I have since done a lot of research and have actually started up a business to help educate people on the vegetarian lifestyle.
your reading this blog post because obviously you care about the environment in some way, so check it out if you feel you could do more

I will be adding a green insulating product for home or business structures to the other environmental services I already do. Well, I think I’ll celebrate things uniquely American, like speaking up about issues such as environmental alarmists determined to drive us back to the Stone Age.

I will be adding a green insulating product for home or business structures to the other environmental services I already do. Well, I think I’ll celebrate things uniquely American, like speaking up about issues such as environmental alarmists determined to drive us back to the Stone Age.

I will be drinking filtered tap water, rather than buying a case of water. It is much more sustainable. Even if you recycle the plastic bottles, there is still the impact of production to take into account.

Conserving resources by using only what I need, reducing electricity use and not using fireworks. It surprising to see how much we use and pollute during one celebration. We can be more responsible.
Conserve electricity, be green.

I promote energy efficiency as the most American and patriotic activity every day. regardless of global warming, we must shake the chains of energy dependence on corporations so that we can take care of ourselves and not have to rely on others!

I know I’m kinda late here but I believe independence day can be made a time to celebrate self sufficient living. We get together with other friends that are learning to live off the land more simply including going solar and learning to grow their own produce. We’re posting our story and what we’re learning about all of this at:http://selfsufficientlivingblog.com/

Well even if its not 4th of July I would always promote to go green everyday of our lives. We have only one world and one chance to make the world go green in our life. So I would promote on using renewable source of energy such as using solar panels, ground source heat pumps, and might as well with rainscape.

Promoting the ‘green’ lifestyle means helping others to appreciate earth. Our National and State Parks and Forests are a great way to get people out there on a hike to enjoy for themselves what our one and only earth can be in its raw natural beauty.

Sometimes a nice long backpacking trip is just what the doctor ordered and whether 4th of July or not, exploring earth and appreciating it goes hand in hand with the ‘green’ lifestyle.

Well even if its not 4th of July I would always promote to go green everyday of our lives. We have only one world and one chance to make the world go green in our life. So I would promote on using renewable source of energy such as using solar panels, ground source heat pumps, and might as well with rainscape.

I’m an avid scrapbooker, and this year’s 4th was such a special occasion for me, I created a scrapbook about it. But this year, I focused on making the scrapbook environmentally green by using as many recycled papers and other materials as possible. I also recycled the waste.

Everyday I think about how to be green and how to get others to think “green”. I post tips, news and eco-friendly information on seagreennews.com for other to enjoy and use, because going green matters.

I don’t think green is a part of this modern life also as now people are more concerned about their own requirements and even don’t care to have a garden or variety of plants. Therefore, it is clear people are saying NO to green. Still I like your article it is great and thank you for sharing your ideas.
Hope to see more of your ideas and thoughts in near future.

Like many others we went camping and got back to nature. I cannot recommend this highly enough. We are now planning our next camping trip with the neighbor! Thanks for the inspiration to be more green!

I bought a atmospheric water generator. It produces water from the air!. It can make up to 5 gallons per day if it is at least around 80 degrees Farenheit and around 50 % relative humidity. In the long run it costs me about .08 cents per gallon to make with cost of electric. The water is very, very clean and has no chemicals, no nothing. Cleanest water I have ever had.

Hope you all had a great 4th. I purchased a small solar air conditioner for my window. I have a small place so I don’t need a lot of air. It works better than my plug in unit. I bought it from a place called Easy To Go Green.

We installed a new photo water heater that is large panels mounted on our roof that heats the water for our house. We had 25 people for the weekend so the water heating system saved a lot of energy consumption! My company had its employees make green efforts for the weekend as well. We set up a contest to see who could host the most environmentally friendly party

I will be sticking to my ritual of Link text in order to prevent the build up of plastic bottle waste. If you can, please do the same, and start eliminating the pointless use of bottled water, which isnt even good for you!

There are few people who don’t enjoy a good BBQ and with the warm weather, Independence Day is the perfect occasion to grill. Still, the smoke exhaust from the burning coals release a variety of toxins and chemicals that harm the environment. This year, visit Denver for the organic charcoal options on the market instead and sacrifice none of the effectiveness. To take green grilling a step further, invest in a natural gas barbecue. These exude less energy then your average grill as well.

I will be going green by not only staying home and having a meal with all my family using reusable plates but just about all the parsley, herbs and vegtables we are going to eat I have grown in my own back. Talk about Super low carbon miles!!! I think we should all start growing more at home.

Hello, Celebrated the 4th of July, maybe going to a cookout with a lot of people or possibly meet a new friend and having a camera to take pictures of the fireworks and event is just one of the ways to celebrate this holiday weekend

I thinks I would spend my time in the Gym to lose weight. It has been months that I wasn’t able make my regular exercise due to busy schedule. I need to get back into shape to stay healthy and feel comfortable.

The truth is, that there is a TON of information available, and there are a TON of different ways to produce the results you want, and to lose as much weight as you want. The key is to really understand why a diet or exercise routine works.

Well, for 2011 I’ll spending this time eating as much barbecue as possible and taking part part is some outdoor activities and games. It would also be a good idea to do some gardening work on that weekend too. Don’t you think?

Dustin

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The guy who likes to share herb gardening tips with fellow gardeners!

The best thing I can think of is to recycle the paper and plastic from 4th of July cookouts. I can’t imagine how much garbage is created in that one day. That would cut down on the noise pollution! lol

Container plants are just like your regularly grown plants, just more mobile! That means they deserve the watering, and fertilizing you would give it if it was planted in the ground. While you’re fertilizing, make sure the pot is still draining freely and re-pot lost soil because it is very helpful to protect against many types of cancer.

Another solid article. To my understanding, Germany has mandated solar hot water systems on all new construction. Europe is now way ahead of the US in the adoption of solar therm systems and is selling their equipment to us.

In the mid ’80s, I worked with a builder who decided to include solar energy as a standard feature in all of his homes. He ended up building seventy homes in Jacksonville, NC, about twelve homes in Rome, GA, and five or six in Chapel Hill. Each house has passive and active solar systems. The passive solar system provides space heating during the day and the active solar system provides space heating and hot water in the evening or whenever the passive was spent. Some of these homes had solar fractions as high as 80%!

During this time, solar thermal systems were becoming accepted in the housing market as standard equipment. The market was maturing with proven technology. Unfortunately, the federal government pulled the rug out from under us by repealing the solar tax credits. Most of the marketplace collapsed as a result.

just chill out by the shade of the tree or chat with the neighbors. if you are more of a group participant, call your friends and have a backyard barbecue party and cook steak with your outdoor barbecue grill. share stories and jokes. enjoyment at the least expense.

always take care of the environment, protect the green areas and attempt to create awareness among people to do the same, but it´s not easy because they are all celebrating and believe me that is one of the things that they care less…

i love 4th of July…it means nature tipping and travel all around the city..my plan?i will green my 4th of july by spending that day with my whole family in a nature trip or doing something for the enviroment…

Don’t set off own fireworks! Just go to a public one and make good use of napkins, no taking 500 napkins for one person during the BBQ. That’s just wasteful. We all need to do the three R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. That goes for utensils as well. Carpooling is also helpful. There’s going to be a lot of traffic already so we can help reduce it by going many in one vehicle. That would also help reduce air pollution, which would be awesome.

Environmentally speaking, the power solar system uses generates no emissions since burning of fossil fuels doesn’t takes place. True that the popularity and acceptance of solar power home kits is skyrocketing in recent years,

Planting trees is best way for green our cities. awareness should improve not to cut the trees. Reducing driving will also improve green day. i will not use the computer for the whole day to reduce my destruction to environment.

Planting trees not only enough for the green day.
awareness should be given by using solar energy in different ways also increase the green day for the world.
keep our world free from pollution
Thanks for the blog.

Thank you for this post. I found it very interesting. I agree with that previous comments. The only thing that we can save the world is to plant many trees to fight the global warming. It sounds that it is GREEN way.

After reading through these posts it’s great to see the emphasis on the personal contributions to resource conservation, sustainable building practices and advocating a “green” lifestyle. More trees are a good thing, and good way to start.

Hi, I usually don’t post unless I can add my website but I had to. I just couldn’t resist. So, yes I’m having some friends and family over and Im gonna make sure that everyone brings naturally disposable cups and napkins so that I can toss them in the back yard and dig a hole to cover it up with dirt and we’re gonna compost our food as well and sing Kumbiya to mother earth for all the green day goodness she provides…LOL! What!?! What are you all talking about? Woh, this is far off the totem poll folks. I had to read this twice just to make sure I was still alive….Another good one before I go…”on the next fourth of July, i will go on a vacation and have a greener holiday by camping in the woods and appreciating mother nature”. LOL!!! Outstanding.

Hi, It’s me again. LOL!!! I just can’t seem to stay away. I just saw two more good ones. Im talking about T-shirt funny people. Thats the kind of prime material I see floating in these comments. “I will ride my electric bike” and “just sittin’ in the woods with the family. doesn’t get much better than that!” LOL!!! Absolutely amazing.

I am finally (in the past week) in a position where I can separate and properly dispose of my paper, plastics, glass and other trash. It feels good to be able to do this. But I may have an even better “recycling” situation — my sheep will eat any cardboard they can get to. This converts to — you guessed it — fertilizer which goes on my garden. So we’re not only recycling, we’re reprocessing!!!

Great information. I got lucky and found your site from a random Google search. Fortunately for me, this topic just happens to be something that I’ve been trying to find more info on for research purposes. Keep up the great work and thanks a lot.

hi…
I think we should celebrate this day with more green things included in our daily routine like wearing green and eating green. Dining out is not a bad idea as well. But everybody has its own way to celebrate events.

Stay local to save fuel and energy. Watch the fireworks display put on by your local community and that too can save in the long run. If each person on this earth did one thing to help our environment, there would be a noticeable impact! We should also be aware of renewable energy options. Everything we do, we can make a greener choice… Bring your own shopping bag to the grocery store!

To save fuel and energy, I will ride my bicycle if i need to go outside. Celebrated the 4 July with our family and friends floating in our pool, watching the community fireworks from our backyard! Eating green and eating healthy at the same time. Slow carb diet is both healthy , it is packed with vegetables and nutrients.

Getting green for the 4th of July is the great thing to have and I’m so glad that during that day I can contribute something to the environment to restore and conserve it. We should be encouraging more to create a website with this kind of post to encourage and spread ways in preserving nature. .

As a owner of a nationally recognized company we encourage all of our franchises to allow employees to take off for July 4th and celebrate our freedoms. From an ecological standpoint, everything we do when providing our services we constantly train and re-train on how not to affect the environment in any way.

Hi…
To celebrate this historical day , we can use different ways to express our feelings according to our mental approach.We can use as more green things as possible on that day, as a symbol of independence.Dining out might be a good idea.

For us, every day is like 4th of July because I encourage in our business green working in every possible way … We do this specifically by removing the PAPERWORK completely and amazingly our business doesn’t need any. This greatly helps us improve and instill the spirit of a healthy lifestyle in our employees.

Honestly, over the past few years I just stayed home and enjoyed the day off with my family. I really don’t enjoy the fireworks shows that almost always end up with someone getting severely injured because of negligence. Last year I had summer courses in UCLA so I didn’t go back home for dependence day. I just chilled with my buddies and my trusty . I can’t wait for this year because I’m back in Oregon, so I’ll be sure to spend a green Independence day with my family.

I planned for going on a trip with my friends in a religious place.. I think if we are independent then its a best gift from God to us and we should thank God for our independence. After God’s worship, we planned for a competition in games because in daily we cant even keep in touch our friends its the best time the spend our memorable moments with our friends….

Firstly I planned for going to some religious place and thanked the God for giving us independence. If we are free and fulfilling our wishes that’s only God’s gift. After that I spent 2-3 hours with my friends and made a lot of fun. then I came back and watched movie…That’s it…but I enjoyed a lot…

The issue that never dies. Making our environment as green as possible or in short term, planting more green plants are cool hobby but we have no time doing the same thing. This coming 4th of July, I think the government must have some kind of program that will address this kind of issue.

Most americans spend the 4th of July at home, having an outdoor party or a barbecue party. It’s also a good question on how to make that day environment friendly, such as planting trees or cleaning your place, etc.

Conversations are sometimes the ideal form of communication, depending on the conversants’ intended ends. Conversations may be ideal when, for example, each party desires a relatively equal exchange of information, or when one party desires to question the other.

I stayed at home and planted New plants in the Garden and lots of Fresh Veggies. I tried my best not to waste Energy in the home or use any kind of Harmful chemicals. It was a Great and healthy fourth f July.

Honestly, over the past few years I just stayed home and enjoyed the day off with my family. I really don’t enjoy the fireworks shows that almost always end up with someone getting severely injured because of negligence. Last year I had summer courses in UCLA so I didn’t go back home for dependence day. I just chilled with my buddies and my trusty

I am helping one of the local schools to build a solar panel. We have implemented, several green projects this year and this will definately be the best one. I am hoping to get the school a sponsored windmill, so they will be totally self sufficient. Already they have a kitchen garden that generates a lot of food for the kitchen. This means they only ever eat seasonal vegetables and they are reducing their carbon footprint. Thanks for the info.

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Hi.
Okay, so I missed the original posting back in 2008. However, relevancy still exists in the question, ” How will you be green for the 4th of July”.

There are so many institutional ways to be relevant, given that many organizations have budgets, committess, etc. As an individual my plans are simple because I know that within a community of stakeholders, even low budget stakeholders, you can accomplish many things.

I have always lived in the city but have cherished my own dreams of also being a farmer. My contribution is to read about and associate with people who grow gardens. For so many reasons to include the simple fact that the price of processed food continues to increase.

Since this posting is about the 4th of July, I also feel that my lessened dependence on commercial entities to feed myself and my love ones, will collectively contribute to the national security of our nation. There is a saying that goes something like this,” You control nations with oil and people with food”.

I want my total and complete freedom. So my responsibility to to do everything possible at my level to contribute to the collective success of my community and country. God Bless America.

I stayed at home and planted New plants in the Garden and lots of Fresh Veggies. I tried my best not to waste Energy in the home or use any kind of Harmful chemicals. It was a Great and healthy fourth f July.

in my country, the concern for the environment and health is quite alarming, .. when walking..I am often disturbed by the air filled with dust from the vehicle, I want more people care about environmental issues and health, environmental health starts from self health.

Just a little by a lot will make the difference…so don’t make yours or your family’s life miserable by shoving a ‘green lifestyle’ down their throat…a flick of a light switch,turning off standby mode,paper not plastic,composting kitchen waste,turn the washing machine to 30*…every little helps!

I am actually going to be working. When we get plumbing jobs in jacksonville we take them and people want their bathrooms remodeled so we have to get them done! Then I am going to eat a big steak and watch the fireworks from my dock.

Thank you for your post, I look for such article along time,today i find it finally.this postgive me lots of advise it is very useful for me .i will pay more attention to you ,i hope you can go on posting more such post, i will support you all the time.

Thanks for the sensible critique. Me and my neighbor were just preparing to do some research on this. We got a grab a book from our area library but I think I learned more clear from this post. I am very glad to see such wonderful info being shared freely out there.

We will still be searching for wellness product, these products will be reviewed. Once we finalized everything we set out and enjoy the event with family and friends. Have a great Independence day everyone.